Working the bugs out of my Vermeer 504F

Well, I recently bought a Vermeer 504F that only had 4500 bales through it.  It had been parked in a barn for years because the guy that bought it new got sick and passed away and his family members bought a new monitor baler and never used this one again.  So far, I've replaced all the pickup teeth, the starter roller #60 chain, both bearings and flangettes on the lower drive roller, all the hydraulic hoses that hook to the tractor, tires, pickup belt and 3 of the hydraulic hoses to the bale chamber cylinders. 

 

Some of the sprockets are wallowed out really badly like someone wasn't keeping the chain tension right on the  #80 main chain, it's going to need some bearings in the pickup and the bale chamber won't stay open so the cylinders may need rebuilding. The belts are a little worn but not badly and I have a practically brand new set from a scrapped 605C that I can cut down for it. The gearbox and all the rollers run smoothly and don't make any noise.  Next on the agenda is fix the pickup so it works better. Bearings, grease zerks to replace the ones that are frozen up with old grease, and maybe some tine guards because a couple of them are a bit worn.

 

All in all, I'm pretty happy with the little baler. It makes nice tight bales and the hydraulic tie works flawlessly.

 

I have two questions for those of you who might have a better idea.

 

!. Right now it's into me for about $1600... that's pretty decent for a round baler with that few bales on it, isn't it?

2. I'd like to put some Haysaver Wheels on it, anyone have any sources for an aftermarket version? I know Vermeer is REALLY proud of theirs.

Working the bugs out of my Vermeer 504F

Claas Rollant 66 pressure switch

Hello folks,

 

I have a Claas Rollant 66 round baler and the pressure switch has never worked. The pressure switch is in the hydraulic circuit for lifting the back of the baler and it tells you when to push the wrap button. I have been watching the pressure gauge and wrapping when the needle goes from the green to the red. Does anyone know whereabouts on the pressure gauge the needle gets to when the pressure switch alarm goes off?

 

Thanks,

Roger

Claas Rollant 66 pressure switch

question about a new holland 67 baler

new to hay talk and i need some advice. im working on starting a hay business and need help deciding if this baler is right for me. this is the first piece of equipment ill be buying for myself. i found this bailer close to me and i can afford to buy it right now but i would like to know if its a good model of baler. i dont have a tractor yet i want to buy one with enough power to pull the baler but dont have any extra cash to get anything more than what i need so how much horse power do i need to run this baler ( in indiana with some hills) i can upgread my tractor later but need to get what is needed to start farming and get the money to upgrade.

question about a new holland 67 baler

India Beef

Sacred cattle??

 

Regards, Mike

 

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India Beef

Round Balers

I currently have a John Deere 466 rounds baler. Love how it takes the hay but I am sure getting sick of the net wrap issues. It keeps wrapping the rubber roll in net wrap box. Sometimes every bale sometimes ever 4 or 5. And sometimes I can go 20 bales. Any ideas? I'm using telk from Deere. They have spent 3 afternoons in the field with 3 different baler tecs and can't figure it out. Anyways I'm so frustrated I'm considering a different baler. I don't have unlimited funds so cheaper the better. I'm looking at a 469 for $35k or 468 for $20k and a new Holland br7070 for $22.5k. What would you pick and why? Or should I just keep trying to figgure out the 466?

Round Balers

Problems making solid bales with Oat Hay

Was baling small squares of oat hay yesterday, and on the poorer part of the field the baler would not make good bales.  Heavy and sloppy, and many of them would break if you looked at them funny.  Moisture was at 14%, although the stem knuckles were still a bit green.  Had raked together several rows to make a good size windrow, so it wasn't windrow size.

 

On the better part of the field, where the oats came a lot better, I could make nice solid bales.

 

Any thoughts?

Problems making solid bales with Oat Hay

Thinking of getting Hesston/MF 1850 - have question

After years of using old MF (?? years old), New Holland (60 years old) and a Freeman (40 years old) we're thinking of buying a new baler.

 

We went an looked at a MF 1840 yesterday, and by this morning my husband is wondering how the augers (never used a baler with augers) will cope with the long grass stems of first cuttings. Will the stems just wrap up in the augers and jam up the works? I have no idea what to answer him, but though someone here might have some experience, or better yet, have never had problems in a bazillion bales.

 

Thanks,

Thinking of getting Hesston/MF 1850 - have question